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Minor Defense

Spell

Minor Defense

Physical

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Instant castSelf Only

Increases your armor for 60 min.

Minor Defense

Tooltip

Increases your armor for 60 min. Guardian Elixir.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 22. It triggers Elixir of Minor Defense.

What it does

Minor Defense is a spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 1 hr. When cast it applies an aura. It also casts Elixir of Minor Defense.

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the current retail game build. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolPhysical
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Duration1 hr
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 22
Misc value: 1
Trigger spell: Elixir of Minor Defense

Raw client values from the current retail game build. Where the game data carries no name for an id, the id is shown as is.

How to learn

Items that grant this spell

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 2 separate Spell records named "Minor Defense". This page is record #673. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#70163duration: none; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup

Compared fields: SpellMisc difficulty rows, school, cast time and duration; Spell subtext and tooltip text; SpellEffect types and base values; journal and class usage. The reason column names the first difference found.

WoW Forever

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 1.60.1.70532, read from the beta game data we hold
Also in the Classic Era clientYes - this spell is in the Classic Era client's data too
Listed asElixir of Minor Defense
Effect rows sighted1 effect rows in the beta client's data

A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4

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